Jim Smith may refer to:
- Jim Smith (American football) (born 1955), former NFL and USFL wide receiver
- Jim Smith (animator) (born 1954), Texan animator and co-writer on The Ren and Stimpy Show
- Jim Smith (basketball) (born 1958), former NBA player
- Jim Smith (cricketer) (1906–1979), English cricketer
- Jim Smith (defensive back) (born 1946), former American football defensive back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins
- Jim Smith (footballer) (born 1940), English former football player and later manager, currently a director of Oxford United
- Jim Smith (racing businessman), owner of Ultra Motorsports
- Jim Smith (writer) (born 1978), writer of directorial critical biographies and television guides, also involved with the Kaldor City series
- Jim Ray Smith (born 1932), American football player
- Jim Field Smith (born 1979), British film director, comedy writer, and actor
- Jim Smith (baseball) (born 1954), major league infielder who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1982 season
- Jim Smith (coach), LSU Tigers baseball head coach 1966–1978
- Jim Smith (Indiana politician), member of the Indiana State Senate
- Jim Smith (Nebraska politician), member of the Nebraska Legislature
- Jim Smith (Nova Scotia politician), member of the 54th-58th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Famous quotes containing the words jim and/or smith:
“Just kids! That’s about the craziest argument I’ve ever heard. Every criminal in the world was a kid once. What does it prove?”
—Theodore Simonson. Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr.. Jim Bird, The Blob, responding to the suggestion that they not lock up the teens pulling the alien “prank,” (1958)
“A man’s real possession is his memory. In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.”
—Alexander Smith (1830–1867)